From shop assistant to pet and pet food specialised seller
10 of the 36 essential skills of a pet and pet food specialised seller are already essential for a shop assistant — about 28% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 26
- would be new
- 28%
- of the target job covered
- 36
- essential skills of a pet and pet food specialised seller
What a pet and pet food specialised seller does
Pet and pet food specialised sellers sell pets, pet foods, accessories, care products and related services in specialised shops.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
26 skillsEssential for a pet and pet food specialised seller and not for a shop assistant. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- advise customers on appropriate pet care
- advise on care products for pets
- animal nutrition
- apply numeracy skills
- care for living pets in the store
- carry out active selling
- carry out products preparation
- characteristics of products
- characteristics of services
- demonstrate products' features
- e-commerce systems
- ensure compliance with legal requirements
- explain use of equipment for pets
- guarantee customer satisfaction
- identify customer's needs
- issue sales invoices
- monitor stock level
- organise storage facilities
- plan aftersales arrangements
- prevent shoplifting
- provide advice on pet training
- recommend pet food selection
- register pets
- sales argumentation
- sell pet accessories
- use different communication channels
Other moves from shop assistant
2 roles- sales assistant13 skills in common
- furniture specialised seller10 skills in common
← shop assistantpet and pet food specialised seller →The other way round
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a pet and pet food specialised seller?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.